WEBVTT 00:00:00.919 --> 00:00:03.700 Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're 00:00:03.700 --> 00:00:05.700 taking this journey together to read the Bible 00:00:05.700 --> 00:00:09.419 in a year. Today's reading is from 1 Kings 15 00:00:09.419 --> 00:00:17.219 and 2 Chronicles 10 -11. 1 Kings 15 In the eighteenth 00:00:17.219 --> 00:00:20.179 year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam 00:00:20.179 --> 00:00:22.679 became king over Judah. He reigned three years 00:00:22.679 --> 00:00:25.260 in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Maka, the 00:00:25.260 --> 00:00:28.059 granddaughter of Abishalom. And he walked in 00:00:28.059 --> 00:00:30.059 all the sins of his father. which he had done 00:00:30.059 --> 00:00:32.259 before him. His heart was not loyal to the Lord 00:00:32.259 --> 00:00:34.579 his God, as was the heart of his father David. 00:00:34.880 --> 00:00:37.399 Nevertheless, for David's sake, the Lord his 00:00:37.399 --> 00:00:40.119 God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by setting up 00:00:40.119 --> 00:00:42.460 his son after him and by establishing Jerusalem, 00:00:42.719 --> 00:00:44.780 because David did what was right in the eyes 00:00:44.780 --> 00:00:47.179 of the Lord and had not turned aside from anything 00:00:47.179 --> 00:00:49.719 that he commanded him. all the days of his life, 00:00:49.840 --> 00:00:53.020 except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. And 00:00:53.020 --> 00:00:55.640 there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all 00:00:55.640 --> 00:00:57.899 the days of his life. Now the rest of the acts 00:00:57.899 --> 00:01:00.799 of Abijam and all that he did, are they not written 00:01:00.799 --> 00:01:02.759 in the book of the chronicles of the kings of 00:01:02.759 --> 00:01:06.140 Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam. 00:01:06.260 --> 00:01:08.840 So Abijam rested with his fathers, and they buried 00:01:08.840 --> 00:01:11.920 him in the city of David. Then Asa his son reigned 00:01:11.920 --> 00:01:15.200 in his place. In the twentieth year of Jeroboam 00:01:15.200 --> 00:01:18.359 king of Israel, Asa became king over Judah. and 00:01:18.359 --> 00:01:21.260 he reigned 41 years in Jerusalem. His grandmother's 00:01:21.260 --> 00:01:23.819 name was Makkah the granddaughter of Abi Shalom. 00:01:24.219 --> 00:01:26.180 Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord 00:01:26.180 --> 00:01:28.879 as did his father David and he banished the perverted 00:01:28.879 --> 00:01:31.200 persons from the land and removed all the idols 00:01:31.200 --> 00:01:34.180 that his fathers had made. Also he removed Makkah 00:01:34.180 --> 00:01:36.400 his grandmother from being queen mother because 00:01:36.400 --> 00:01:39.469 she had made an obscene image of Asherah. And 00:01:39.469 --> 00:01:42.090 Asa cut down her obscene image and burnt it by 00:01:42.090 --> 00:01:44.629 the brook Kidron. But the high places were not 00:01:44.629 --> 00:01:47.329 removed. Nevertheless, Asa's heart was loyal 00:01:47.329 --> 00:01:50.109 to the Lord all his days. He also brought into 00:01:50.109 --> 00:01:52.409 the house of the Lord the things which his father 00:01:52.409 --> 00:01:54.769 had dedicated and the things which he himself 00:01:54.769 --> 00:01:58.150 had dedicated, silver and gold and utensils. 00:01:58.569 --> 00:02:00.909 now there was war between assa and basha king 00:02:00.909 --> 00:02:04.250 of israel all their days and basha king of israel 00:02:04.250 --> 00:02:07.069 came up against judah and built ramah that he 00:02:07.069 --> 00:02:09.990 might let none go out or come into assa king 00:02:09.990 --> 00:02:12.590 of judah then assa took all the silver and gold 00:02:12.590 --> 00:02:14.650 that was left in the treasuries of the house 00:02:14.650 --> 00:02:16.969 of the lord and the treasuries of the king's 00:02:16.969 --> 00:02:19.069 house and delivered them into the hand of his 00:02:19.069 --> 00:02:21.870 servants and king assa sent them to ben hadad 00:02:22.250 --> 00:02:24.710 the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king 00:02:24.710 --> 00:02:27.509 of Syria, who dwelt in Damascus, saying, Let 00:02:27.509 --> 00:02:29.810 there be a treaty between you and me, as there 00:02:29.810 --> 00:02:32.009 was between my father and your father. See, I 00:02:32.009 --> 00:02:34.490 have sent you a present of silver and gold. Come 00:02:34.490 --> 00:02:36.689 and break your treaty with Basha, king of Israel, 00:02:36.849 --> 00:02:40.069 so that he will withdraw from me. So Ben -Hadad 00:02:40.069 --> 00:02:42.469 heeded king Asa and sent the captains of his 00:02:42.469 --> 00:02:45.009 armies against the cities of Israel. He attacked 00:02:45.009 --> 00:02:49.530 Aion, Dan, Abel, Beit, Maka, and all Shinroth, 00:02:49.569 --> 00:02:52.189 with all the land of Naphtali. Now it happened, 00:02:52.349 --> 00:02:54.509 when Basha heard it, that he stopped building 00:02:54.509 --> 00:02:57.509 Ramah and remained in Tirzah. Then King Asa made 00:02:57.509 --> 00:03:00.050 a proclamation throughout all Judah. None was 00:03:00.050 --> 00:03:02.750 exempted. And he took away the stones and timber 00:03:02.750 --> 00:03:05.129 of Ramah, which Basha had used for building. 00:03:05.389 --> 00:03:08.250 And with them King Asa built Geba of Benjamin 00:03:08.250 --> 00:03:11.189 and Mizpah. The rest of all the acts of Asa, 00:03:11.229 --> 00:03:13.930 all his might, all that he did, And the cities 00:03:13.930 --> 00:03:15.969 which he built, are they not written in the book 00:03:15.969 --> 00:03:18.349 of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? But 00:03:18.349 --> 00:03:21.189 in the time of his old age he was diseased in 00:03:21.189 --> 00:03:24.330 his feet. So Asa rested with his fathers, and 00:03:24.330 --> 00:03:26.509 was buried with his fathers in the city of David 00:03:26.509 --> 00:03:29.389 his father. Then Jehoshaphat his son reigned 00:03:29.389 --> 00:03:32.849 in his place. Now Nadab the son of Jeroboam became 00:03:32.849 --> 00:03:35.430 king over Israel in the second year of Asa king 00:03:35.430 --> 00:03:38.039 of Judah. and he reigned over Israel two years. 00:03:38.219 --> 00:03:40.460 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and 00:03:40.460 --> 00:03:43.199 walked in the way of his father, and in his sin, 00:03:43.259 --> 00:03:46.599 by which he made Israel sin. Then Basha, the 00:03:46.599 --> 00:03:49.280 son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired 00:03:49.280 --> 00:03:51.840 against him, and Basha killed him at Gibiton, 00:03:51.939 --> 00:03:54.620 which belonged to the Philistines, while Nadab 00:03:54.620 --> 00:03:57.949 and all Israel laid siege to Gibiton. Basha killed 00:03:57.949 --> 00:04:00.590 him in the third year of Asa king of Judah and 00:04:00.590 --> 00:04:03.650 reigned in his place and it was so when he became 00:04:03.650 --> 00:04:06.289 king that he killed all the house of Jeroboam 00:04:06.289 --> 00:04:09.310 he did not leave to Jeroboam anyone that breathed 00:04:09.310 --> 00:04:11.889 until he had destroyed him according to the word 00:04:11.889 --> 00:04:14.210 of the Lord which he had spoken by his servant 00:04:14.210 --> 00:04:17.550 Ahijah the Shilonite because of the sins of Jeroboam 00:04:17.550 --> 00:04:19.750 which he had sinned and by which he had made 00:04:19.750 --> 00:04:22.990 Israel sin because of his provocation with which 00:04:22.990 --> 00:04:25.689 he had provoked the Lord God of Israel to anger 00:04:51.520 --> 00:04:57.699 2 Chronicles 10 And Rehoboam went to Shechem, 00:04:57.759 --> 00:05:00.000 for all Israel had gone to Shechem to make him 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:02.879 king. So it happened when Jeroboam the son of 00:05:02.879 --> 00:05:05.519 Nebat heard it, he was in Egypt, where he had 00:05:05.519 --> 00:05:07.720 fled from the presence of King Solomon, that 00:05:07.720 --> 00:05:10.279 Jeroboam returned from Egypt. Then they sent 00:05:10.279 --> 00:05:12.480 for him and called him, and Jeroboam and all 00:05:12.480 --> 00:05:15.220 Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying, Your 00:05:15.220 --> 00:05:18.060 father made our yoke heavy, now therefore lighten 00:05:18.060 --> 00:05:20.459 the burdensome service of your father and his 00:05:20.459 --> 00:05:23.100 heavy yoke, which he put on us, and we will serve 00:05:23.100 --> 00:05:25.660 you. So he said to them, Come back to me after 00:05:25.660 --> 00:05:28.379 three days. And the people departed. Then King 00:05:28.379 --> 00:05:30.879 Raboam consulted the elders who stood before 00:05:30.879 --> 00:05:33.560 his father Solomon while he still lived, saying, 00:05:33.779 --> 00:05:35.939 How do you advise me to answer these people? 00:05:36.199 --> 00:05:38.759 And they spoke to him, saying, If you are kind 00:05:38.759 --> 00:05:41.019 to these people and please them and speak good 00:05:41.019 --> 00:05:43.220 words to them, they will be your servants forever. 00:05:43.519 --> 00:05:45.819 But he rejected the advice which the elders had 00:05:45.819 --> 00:05:48.800 given him and consulted the young men who had 00:05:48.800 --> 00:05:51.120 grown up with him, who stood before him. And 00:05:51.120 --> 00:05:53.839 he said to them, What advice do you give? How 00:05:53.839 --> 00:05:55.839 should we answer these people who have spoken 00:05:55.839 --> 00:05:58.220 to me, saying, Lighten the yoke which your father 00:05:58.220 --> 00:06:01.040 put on us. Then the young men who had grown up 00:06:01.040 --> 00:06:03.339 with him spoke to him, saying, Thus you should 00:06:03.339 --> 00:06:05.579 speak to the people who have spoken to you, saying, 00:06:05.779 --> 00:06:08.300 Your father made our yoke heavy. But you make 00:06:08.300 --> 00:06:10.500 it lighter on us. Thus you shall say to them, 00:06:10.600 --> 00:06:13.339 My little finger shall be thicker than my father's 00:06:13.339 --> 00:06:16.040 waist. And now, whereas my father put a heavy 00:06:16.040 --> 00:06:18.800 yoke on you, I will add to your yoke. My father 00:06:18.800 --> 00:06:21.319 chastised you with whips, but I will chastise 00:06:21.319 --> 00:06:24.120 you with scourges. So Jeroboam and all the people 00:06:24.120 --> 00:06:26.420 came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king 00:06:26.420 --> 00:06:29.300 had directed, saying, Come back to me the third 00:06:29.300 --> 00:06:31.649 day. Then the king answered them roughly. King 00:06:31.649 --> 00:06:34.269 Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders, and 00:06:34.269 --> 00:06:36.129 he spoke to them according to the advice of the 00:06:36.129 --> 00:06:38.750 young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, 00:06:38.889 --> 00:06:41.230 but I will add to it. My father chastised you 00:06:41.230 --> 00:06:43.509 with whips, but I will chastise you with scourges. 00:06:43.649 --> 00:06:45.850 So the king did not listen to the people, for 00:06:45.850 --> 00:06:48.610 the turn of events was from God, that the Lord 00:06:48.610 --> 00:06:50.930 might fulfill his word, which he had spoken by 00:06:50.930 --> 00:06:53.410 the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam 00:06:53.410 --> 00:06:56.649 the son of Nebat. Now when all Israel saw that 00:06:56.649 --> 00:06:58.790 the king did not listen to them, the people answered 00:06:58.790 --> 00:07:01.389 the king, saying, What share have we in David? 00:07:01.610 --> 00:07:04.170 We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. Every 00:07:04.170 --> 00:07:06.629 man to your tents, O Israel. Now see to your 00:07:06.629 --> 00:07:09.509 own house, O David. So all Israel departed to 00:07:09.509 --> 00:07:12.050 their tents, but Raboam reigned over the children 00:07:12.050 --> 00:07:14.589 of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah. Then 00:07:14.589 --> 00:07:17.810 King Raboam sent Hadoram, who was in charge of 00:07:17.810 --> 00:07:19.910 revenue. But the children of Israel stoned him 00:07:19.910 --> 00:07:22.750 with stones, and he died. Therefore King Raboam 00:07:22.750 --> 00:07:25.430 mounted his chariot in haste to flee to Jerusalem. 00:07:25.670 --> 00:07:28.029 So Israel has been in rebellion against the house 00:07:28.029 --> 00:07:33.089 of David to this day. Chapter 11 Now when Raboam 00:07:33.089 --> 00:07:35.370 came to Jerusalem, he assembled from the house 00:07:35.370 --> 00:07:38.810 of Judah and Benjamin 180 ,000 chosen men who 00:07:38.810 --> 00:07:41.329 were warriors to fight against Israel, that he 00:07:41.329 --> 00:07:43.839 might restore the kingdom to Raboam. But the 00:07:43.839 --> 00:07:46.199 word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, the man of 00:07:46.199 --> 00:07:48.920 God, saying, Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, 00:07:49.040 --> 00:07:51.379 king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and 00:07:51.379 --> 00:07:54.000 Benjamin, saying, Thus says the Lord, You shall 00:07:54.000 --> 00:07:56.639 not go up or fight against your brethren. Let 00:07:56.639 --> 00:07:58.939 every man return to his house, for this thing 00:07:58.939 --> 00:08:01.759 is from me. Therefore they obeyed the words of 00:08:01.759 --> 00:08:04.560 the Lord and turned back from attacking Jeroboam. 00:08:04.800 --> 00:08:07.800 So Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem and built cities 00:08:07.800 --> 00:08:10.500 for defense in Judah. And he built Bethlehem, 00:08:10.519 --> 00:08:16.329 Etam, Tekoa, Beth -Zor, Soco, Adulam, Gath, Marisha, 00:08:16.550 --> 00:08:22.329 Zeph, Adoreim, Lachish, Azekah, Zorah, Ajalon, 00:08:22.350 --> 00:08:25.889 and Hebron, which are in Judah and Benjamin fortified 00:08:25.889 --> 00:08:28.470 cities. And he fortified the strongholds and 00:08:28.470 --> 00:08:31.350 put captains in them, and stores of food, oil, 00:08:31.490 --> 00:08:34.549 and wine. Also in every city he put shields and 00:08:34.549 --> 00:08:37.309 spears, and made them very strong, having Judah 00:08:37.309 --> 00:08:40.269 and Benjamin on his side. And from all their 00:08:40.269 --> 00:08:42.590 territories the priests and the Levites, who 00:08:42.590 --> 00:08:45.009 were in all Israel, took their stand with him. 00:08:45.129 --> 00:08:47.509 For the Levites left their common lands and their 00:08:47.509 --> 00:08:49.330 possessions and came to Judah and Jerusalem. 00:08:49.549 --> 00:08:52.389 For Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them from 00:08:52.389 --> 00:08:55.129 serving as priests to the Lord. Then he appointed 00:08:55.129 --> 00:08:57.789 for himself priests for the high places, for 00:08:57.789 --> 00:09:00.590 the demons and the calf idols which he had made. 00:09:00.809 --> 00:09:03.409 And after the Levites left, those from all the 00:09:03.409 --> 00:09:05.929 tribes of Israel, such as set their heart to 00:09:05.929 --> 00:09:08.539 seek the Lord God of Israel, came to Jerusalem 00:09:08.539 --> 00:09:10.980 to sacrifice to the Lord God of their fathers. 00:09:11.139 --> 00:09:13.580 So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and 00:09:13.580 --> 00:09:16.000 made Raboam the son of Solomon strong for three 00:09:16.000 --> 00:09:18.279 years, because they walked in the way of David 00:09:18.279 --> 00:09:21.600 and Solomon for three years. Then Raboam took 00:09:21.600 --> 00:09:23.960 for himself as wife Mahalat, the daughter of 00:09:23.960 --> 00:09:26.720 Jerimoth, the son of David, and of Abihail, the 00:09:26.720 --> 00:09:29.240 daughter of Elia, the son of Jesse. And she bore 00:09:29.240 --> 00:09:33.399 him children, Jeush, Shamaria, and Zaham. After 00:09:33.399 --> 00:09:36.690 her he took Maka, the granddaughter of Absalom, 00:09:36.789 --> 00:09:40.730 and she bore him Abijah, Atai, Ziza, and Shilomite. 00:09:41.179 --> 00:09:43.779 Now Reb Wham loved Maka, the granddaughter of 00:09:43.779 --> 00:09:46.919 Absalom, more than all his wives and his concubines. 00:09:47.000 --> 00:09:50.100 For he took 18 wives and 60 concubines and begot 00:09:50.100 --> 00:09:53.539 28 sons and 60 daughters. And Reb Wham appointed 00:09:53.539 --> 00:09:56.659 Abijah, the son of Maka, as chief, to be leader 00:09:56.659 --> 00:09:59.080 among his brothers, for he intended to make him 00:09:59.080 --> 00:10:02.279 king. He dealt wisely and dispersed some of his 00:10:02.279 --> 00:10:04.360 sons throughout all the territories of Judah 00:10:04.360 --> 00:10:07.259 and Benjamin, to every fortified city, and he 00:10:07.259 --> 00:10:09.759 gave them provisions in abundance. He also sought 00:10:09.759 --> 00:10:17.669 many wives. for them. I hope you enjoyed today's 00:10:17.669 --> 00:10:19.990 reading as much as I did and I look forward to 00:10:19.990 --> 00:10:21.909 seeing you again tomorrow to continue on our 00:10:21.909 --> 00:10:24.029 journey. God bless you and have a great day.